LESSONS FOR LIFE

  1. Just do it.
  2. Make mistakes and fail, but never give up.
  3. Keep an open mind.
  4. Explore the consequences of new ideas.
  5. Seek the essential.
  6. Understand the issue.
  7. Understand simple things deeply.
  8. Break a difficult problem into easier ones.
  9. Examine issues from several points of view.
  10. Look for patterns and similarities.

 

 

 

Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird. The Heart of Mathematics: An invitation to effective thinking.
Key College Publishing in cooperation with Springer-Verlag New York, 2000. ISBN 1-55953-407-9